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<\/p>\nTiger Woods sore \u201ceverywhere\u201d after making his comeback <\/p>\n
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Tiger Woods felt sore \u201ceverywhere\u201d after making his comeback at the Hero World Challenge on Thursday but the 15-time major winner could not hide the smile on his face after his first competitive round since April.<\/p>\n
Woods was eight shots off the pace set by Brian Harman and Tony Finau in the Bahamas, dropping four shots in three holes between the 15th and 17th to finish three over par in a share of 18th place.<\/p>\n
But for the 47-year-old, it felt good to blow off some cobwebs after undergoing ankle surgery in April.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sore, there\u2019s no doubt about that,\u201d Woods said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got some work to do tonight. Tomorrow get back in the gym and activate and get ready for it. Hopefully hit some better shots.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd now I know mentally what I need to do better. I think that\u2019s something that physically I knew I was going to be OK. Mentally, I was really rusty and made a lot of errors in the mind that normally I don\u2019t make.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Tiger Woods made his return to professional golf in the Bahamas <\/p>\n
Asked where he felt sore, Woods added: \u201cEverywhere…My leg, my back, my neck. Just from playing, hitting shots and trying to hold off shots. It\u2019s just different at game speed, too. Game speed\u2019s a lot different than at home speed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Woods birdied the third and fifth holes, but bogeys on the fourth and sixth immediately cancelled those out. He put the mental errors he made down to a lack of rhythm after so long out.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of reacting to it, I was thinking about doing it,\u201d he said. \u201cThen as I was thinking about it, should I do this or not, by then I\u2019m pulling the trigger. I shouldn\u2019t really pull the trigger. Hit a bad shot. I kept doing it time and time again.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a lack of commitment to what I was doing and feeling. I\u2019ve got to do a better job of it…<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to compete, I wanted to play. I felt like I was ready to compete and play. I hit it solid most of the day. As I said, I just didn\u2019t mentally do the things I normally would do and I need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n